Minecraft is in for a massive 2021, and it’s already kicked off on a very strong note.

Here’s all the biggest news from the last week in Minecraft.

Original Herobrine Seed Discovered

Herobrine is a Minecraft legend as old as time, and has been the subject of plenty of Youtube videos and theme maps since.

Players can now go all the way back to the beginning of Herobrine, however, as Herobrine’s original world seed has been discovered!

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The details are as follows:

World Seed: 478868574082066804

Coordinates: X=5.16 Y=71 Z=-298.53

Dream Donates Money for Wearing Minecraft Skin

Dream has been the subject of plenty of attention in the last few months, mostly around cheating allegations for Dream’s record placing speedruns. 

Dream entered headlines for a different reason this week in Minecraft for offering some rewards to players using the DreamWasTaken Minecraft skin.

According to Dream’s Twitter account, he will give away $1000 to 5 random subscribers that wear Dream’s Minecraft skin on a Minecraft server from now until 3 February.

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Dream has already chosen the first of 5 winners to “BonyAbalony” from a Bedwars game.

Minecraft 1.17 Caves and Cliffs Features Added in New Update 

While there’s plenty going on all around Minecraft this year, the thing everyone’s looking forward to is Minecraft 1.17, the Caves and Cliffs Update.

This update will reshape many core mechanics in Minecraft, and introduces tons of new content including mobs, blocks, biomes, and more.

You can try out two new Minecraft 1.17 features in the latest Minecraft update.

This snapshot includes Glow Squids and Glow Lichen, two new additions that will brighten up your Minecraft experience in different biomes.

You can learn more about the new update here.